Mol

Mol is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Mol. On January 1, 2014 Mol had a total population of 35,395 inhabitants. The total area is 114.19 km² which gives a population density of 307 inhabitants per km². Mol is a popular holiday resort, with a number of lakes surrounded by woods. There are two main tourist lakes. Zilvermeer, which opened as a Provincial Park in 1959 and offers a white sand beach as well as facilities such as an outdoor playground and an underwater museum for divers. Zilverstrand: Originally, it had only an outdoor lake with a white sand beach. Later, a caravan park was built and mid-1990s an indoor swimming pool was created. Furthermore, there is a Sun Parks holiday centre called.

Kempense Meren" with an indoor swimming pool. In the north-east corner of Mol, near the Dutch border, lies the Norbertine Postel Abbey. Mol is also home to the SCKCEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, the Flemish institute for technological research VITO and a European School. The museum of Jakob Smits is located in the former vicarage of Mol-Sluis. This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits 1855-1928 and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including several windmills of which only one remains.